As one of the most well-known big-wigs of Nintendo, a company with enough money to run at a loss for 5 decades straight, Shigeru Miyamoto is a name synonymous with video games, fun and fat Italian plumbers. But did you know that Miyamoto reportedly really likes guessing the length of various objects.
That Time Al Capone Was Hustled With a Lemon
Al Capone has singlehandedly served as the inspiration for some of the most terrifyingly badass crime lords in fiction, which is why we’re just so happy to tell you about the time he was scammed out of $500 by a lemon.
Sir Thomas Beecham Probably Had a the Most Awkward Conversation Ever
Awkward conversations are an unavoidable part of life that can legitimately haunt you for years depending on how many times you accidentally hit the other person in the neck with your elbow, so imagine how the British conductor Thomas Beecham felt when he apparently failed to recognise the sister of royalty and tried to play it off by asking how their family was.
They Make The Most Gruesome Fatalities in Mortal Kombat First
If you haven’t got the message yet, each Wednesday on Factfiend, we give our researcher a break and let him write a slightly shorter piece so that he can go clean things up on the side of the website you don’t see. Today’s fact is about how they try to push the envelope when they first begin making a new Mortal Kombat game, mainly because our author is super-excited for the the release of Moral Kombat X. Heh, what a nerd.
Howard Hughes Loved Him Some Ice Cream
If the news has taught us anything, it’s that when you’re rich you can get away with pretty much anything. Thankfully, not all billionaires abuse their unfettered power and influence in ways that impact us regular folk. Take Howard Hughes for example, the man who bought the hotel he was staying in when they asked him to leave his room.
